[ntp:questions] NTP client server lost

Danny Mayer mayer at ntp.isc.org
Wed Dec 6 02:33:20 UTC 2006


Mauro Fiacco wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> What the condition for a NTP client to decide that it has lost
> connection to a server? 
> 

When it doesn't get a response to a packet.

> Can NTP be configured to always retry a particular server?
> 

That's what it does today. It will continue to send packets to the
server. You'd have to reconfigure it to do otherwise. What's the real
reason behind the question?

Danny



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